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Jacob Jaffe, MIT Political Science PhD candidate, conducts novel field experiments to gather highly detailed information on local, state, and federal elections and analyzes this trove with advanced statistical techniques. He hopes to help understand and improve the voting system in the United States, and ultimately boost voter confidence.
Jacob Jaffe uses data science to identify and solve problems in election administration.
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Ranked choice voting, long pitched as a reform by good government organizations, lets voters rank candidates instead of selecting just one.
We identified the state that best matches each California county in terms of its demographics, including race and ethnicity, age and income, as well as voting behavior and election results.
How Mark Zuckerberg’s millions and the Center for Technology and Civic Life turned Wisconsin blue in 2020. By William DOYLE Democrats seem to know that…